Liz Truss' Scottish roots influence her strong opposition to independence
dailyrecord.co.ukLiz Truss is no stranger to Scotland. The winner of the Tory leadership contest has made much of the fact she lived north of the Border during the 1980s.She repeatedly described herself as a "child of the Union" while campaigning over the summer to replace Boris Johnson as Prime Minister.
Born in Oxford in 1975 to parents she described as left-wing, Truss moved to Paisley at the age of four when her father became a lecturer at a local college.Living not far from the Faslane naval base, the Truss family attended demonstrations organised by the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament - as well as visiting the peace camp that still stands near the dockyard entrance.
The future politician previously told the BBC how she recalled shouting the famous anti-Thatcher slogans of the time.Speaking in her now Yorkshire accent, she claimed: “It was in Scottish so it was ‘Maggie, Maggie, Maggie, oot, oot, oot.”The Truss family later moved to Leeds where Liz attended Roundhay state secondary school before studying philosophy, politics and economics at Oxford University.The Tory MP is firmly opposed to Nicola Sturgeon's plan for a second referendum on Scottish independence next year.
She told Conservative party members her upbringing had influenced her support for the Union.Speaking at a hustings in July, Truss was asked if Scots loved her.
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